# [PATCH] git-filter-branch: Clarify file removal example. 1 messages from 2008-05-16 to 2008-05-16. Participants: Jon Loeliger. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13548 ## Jon Loeliger, 2008-05-16 19:43 Subject: [PATCH] git-filter-branch: Clarify file removal example. Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/E1Jx5qI-0005Ts-LT%40jdl.com ``` Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger --- Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 8d80f0d..506c37a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ or copyright violation) from all commits: git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm filename' HEAD ------------------------------------------------------- +However, if the file is absent from the tree of some commit, +a simple `rm filename` will fail for that tree and commit. +Thus you may instead want to use `rm -f filename` as the script. + A significantly faster version: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 1.5.5.1.147.g867f ```